Fragments: Undergraduate Collection

KEVIN adrian DI NARDO

FRAGMENTS: U N D E R G R A D U AT E C O L L E C T I O N

2012- 2014

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01 Th is p o r t fo li o p o r t ra ys a s elec t i o n o f w orks fro m my t ut e la g e a t t he Univ e rsity o f F lo r i d a . Herei n li es a c o mp i la t i o n; t he in cipie nt st a g e s/fra g me nt s o f my s e arc h t o unc o v er t he Zeitgeist o f o ur e ra in Archit e ct ure .

Thecated Dwelling Unit Big Torch Key, FL Design 8 L. Huang -Residential

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Athenaeum Charleston, SC Design 6 G. Peterson -Assembly

Downtown Garage Orlando, FL Submission for HYP International Architecture Contest

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Seaside Chapel West Fort Island, FL Design 5 M. Kuenstle -Assembly

Greenwich Lotus Tower New York, NY Design 7 D. Cohen -Mixed-Use Collaboration with Carlos Saca

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Public Pavilion Charleston, SC Design 6 G. Peterson -Assembly

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Vita et Ipsum (Manhattan block proposal) New York, NY Design 7 D. Cohen -Mixed-Use Collaboration with Carlos Saca

Vertebrata Towers Abu Dhabi, Dubai, UAE Design 8 L. Huang -Residential

01 Thecated Dwelling Unit Drawing inspiration from various exo-skeletal organisms and utilizing state-of-the-art shape memory polymers (SMPs), this unit creates an easy-to-assemble and deployable residence for a variety of terrains. The tilt-up exo-structure houses the conditioned spaces in which lighting is regulated by SMP automated awnings; allowing for optimal lighting throughout the day and unadultered vision at nightfall. Once the singular unit was established the second goal of the project was to arrange them into potential deployable community in Big Torch Key.

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A Chapel by the Sea This intervention sought to use the Voronoi algorithm (through Rhino Grasshopper) as a generator for space, form and order to create a seaside chapel. The program although relatively simple, calls for several offices and space of worship--which becomes the centerpiece of the project. In this auspicious space, light is able to filter gently down through the focused voronoi finistration and bathe occupants in a sublime illumination.

1. Beach 2. Worship space 3. Chaplin’s office 4. Bathrooms 5. Reception 6. Foyer

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Athenaeum The Charleston Athenaeum project fosters communal learning and networking by providing a place where denizens can gather under a modernistic architecture. The spaces leak and spill into each other through multi-story atriums [in section] and connective hallways [in plan]; meanwhile panes of glass frame the the interior/exterior dialectic. This interplay of spaces portrays a new dynamic between city, building and occupant, an urban osmosis.

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The same concept and ideas found in the Thecated Dwelling (04) manifested in a vertical aggregation. The exo-structure acts as a vertebrae for two residential towers that literally float above ground, creating monumental spaces underneath.

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